Divorce Decree or Divorce Cert

[IBLP 1]

Hey guys,

I know Ive asked this before..I still can´t find the correct answer:

Question about Divorce Decree and Divorce Certificate

According to the USCIS site they request:

" If either you or your fiancé(e) were married before, give copies of documents showing that each prior marriage was legally terminated."

Does anyone know which one has to be sent?

Thanks for yr help.

[~Johnny~ 27]

Either one works for USCIS. I sent a copy of the divorce decree, mine was only 4 pages. I also just received an official divorce certifcate and will send that to my fiancee so she can have at the interview, just in case they ask for it.

Good luck !

[Dakine 26]

Hey guys,

I know Ive asked this before..I still can´t find the correct answer:

Question about Divorce Decree and Divorce Certificate

According to the USCIS site they request:

" If either you or your fiancé(e) were married before, give copies of documents showing that each prior marriage was legally terminated."

Does anyone know which one has to be sent?

Thanks for yr help.

When in doubt what to send send all you have. Send copies and take originals to the interview. More ammo the better!

Edited March 15, 2010 by Dakine

[DoneWaiting 15]

I send a copy of the original decree and certificate.. but as they quoted above, "when in doubt send all you have".. Is better for them to have more and able to trash extra paper rather than request additional information and delay the process.

Hey guys,

I know Ive asked this before..I still can´t find the correct answer:

Question about Divorce Decree and Divorce Certificate

According to the USCIS site they request:

" If either you or your fiancé(e) were married before, give copies of documents showing that each prior marriage was legally terminated."

Does anyone know which one has to be sent?

Thanks for yr help.

Edited March 15, 2010 by ImWaiting

[Otto 83]

When I got divorced - there was no 'certificate' issued - I (like most folks probably) got a divorce decree (multiple pages with the divorce finalized somewhere in the legal text).

What have you got? (and is this for the US citizen or the foreign beneficiary?)

[SunDrop 59]

a divorce decree (multiple pages with the divorce finalized somewhere in the legal text).

It's not always multiple pages, before anyone panics UK divorces decree absolutes are a single page, printed on bog-standard printing paper with a large red inked court stamp on them. Baffling really, considering a good scanner could easily reproduce something that you'd be hard pushed to tell the difference between the scan and the original...

[IBLP 1]

Thank you guys..

In Brazil we have only one single paper with the stamp and the seal from the oficial translator..

My American fiance sent his with several pages..but with no stamp/seal on the last page. It was signed by the judge and filed with the County Clerk of the County where the decree was issued.

We fear we will get a RFE since there were no stamps on it.

He decided to request one month ago the final decree from the court in CT..hope this one will work. I heard also that this doc has to be certified..question is since this is coming from the court isnt it certified already..???

I am sooooo confused....

[~Johnny~ 27]

Thank you guys..

In Brazil we have only one single paper with the stamp and the seal from the oficial translator..

My American fiance sent his with several pages..but with no stamp/seal on the last page. It was signed by the judge and filed with the County Clerk of the County where the decree was issued.

We fear we will get a RFE since there were no stamps on it.

He decided to request one month ago the final decree from the court in CT..hope this one will work. I heard also that this doc has to be certified..question is since this is coming from the court isnt it certified already..???

I am sooooo confused....

That's exactly what I used. Just a 4 page decree with a Judge's signature and dates on the last page. No special seals or anything. I ordered a certifcate last month from the State's vital records office, after I filed the I-129F. Didn't get an RFE. I never got a "certifcate" when I was divorced, just the decree. We didn't even know certifcates were available. So, I'll send decree and certifcate to my fiancee for her interview in case they ask her for it.

[IBLP 1]

Hey Johnny,

You brought me some hope..

Ive been reading so many different things here..especially when it goes to certificate x decree..sealed not sealed..certified or not..

Thanks anyway for yr time..

A

That's exactly what I used. Just a 4 page decree with a Judge's signature and dates on the last page. No special seals or anything. I ordered a certifcate last month from the State's vital records office, after I filed the I-129F. Didn't get an RFE. I never got a "certifcate" when I was divorced, just the decree. We didn't even know certifcates were available. So, I'll send decree and certifcate to my fiancee for her interview in case they ask her for it.

[Sayha or bust. 71]

I was to send a certificate called Single status from my state, but my attorney had me send in a copy of my divorce decree.

[Carolina+James 1]

Send a copy of the final decree, the one that is the end of the whole process of divorce, meaning you are "available" to marry again. We got an RFE for sending a partial part instead of the final document.

[cndwife 0]

I sent the first two pages of my divorce decree to USCIS and it was accepted. But all I have is a copy of a certified copy, and I only have the first two pages, I don't have the whole thing...So I ordered a divorce certificate just in case I need it at the embassy.

[pgbeau1 2]

Send a copy of the final decree, the one that is the end of the whole process of divorce, meaning you are "available" to marry again. We got an RFE for sending a partial part instead of the final document.

I just sent in my I-129F. I had a copy of the signature page that stated divorce decree was official, but it was not the final version with county clerk filing date stamp. And when a lawyer I had helping me reviewed it he pointed it out as likely red flag.

So even though it ended up delaying my sending in the I-129F by 3 weeks, as it turned out, I called the county/court clerk and requested an official certified copy of the divorce decree.

Mine is several pages long, has the final decree page with all official signatures including filing date stamp of the clerk's office and it says "certified" copy and signed by clerk, and has a gold seal stuck on the spot where the photocopied seal is.

It looks real cheesy, like a gold embossed stamp I coulda got from K-mart, but it's what they give. So I photocopied that and included it in the I-129F application. And I will bring the original with the cheesy gold stamp to our interview.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

** moving from "K-1 Fiance(e) Case Filing and Progress Reports" to "K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures" as the prior forum is for case updates/progress and this one is for questions**

[pushbrk 12,897]

It's not always multiple pages, before anyone panics UK divorces decree absolutes are a single page, printed on bog-standard printing paper with a large red inked court stamp on them. Baffling really, considering a good scanner could easily reproduce something that you'd be hard pushed to tell the difference between the scan and the original...

The seal from the government agency is the key.

It's commonly called a certified copy of divorce decree.

Edited March 16, 2010 by pushbrk